The largest pterosaur had a wing span of 36-39 feet (11-11.9 meters) and weighed 190-250 pounds (86-113.5 kilograms). In comparison, the wandering albatross (which has the largest wingspan of a bird alive today) has a wingspan of up to 11.5 feet. 24 more words

Ok. Yes. Things are bigger in Texas. The Texas Memorial Museum has a Great Hall with the “Quetzalcoatalus northropi, the Texas Pterosaur, a flying reptile unearthed in West Texas by The University of Texas at Austin scientists. 31 more words

1. Some Pterosaurs were nocturnal
How can you tell if an extinct animal was nocturnal? Luckily for palaeontologists there are some major physiological difference between modern animals which come out at night and those that don’t with perhaps the most obvious being the size of their eyes. 1,272 more words